5 DAYS MT. KENYA TREKKING NARU-MORU ROUTE

After pick up in Nairobi drive to the Naru Moru park gate for lunch. From the gate, we trek up through magnificent mountain forest, bamboo, and giant heather zone before reaching the high altitude moorland and our first cabins drive to the Youth Hostels for dinner and overnight.
This is a gentle trek that takes 3 – 4 hrs gaining an elevation of 600m.

After breakfast leaves the youth hostel and drives to the main gate to start ascending the mountain through the rainforest. A short walk to the end of the forest line from where you hike across the marshy vertical bog of the lower moorlands. Picnic lunch at the Picnic rocks before continuing further to Mackinders camp, gaining 1300m in altitude in about 5 hours. Dinner and overnight at met station.

After breakfast, continue to ascend to Mackinder’s, a camp for dinner, and overnight.

Wake up very early in the morning leave at 0300 hrs for predawn summit attempt, trekking for 3-4 hours across
bare rock and scree slopes characteristic of the alpine region up to Pt.
Lenana (4985m), the hiker’s summit, arrived in time to catch the African
sunrise. Later descend to Mackinder’s camp for breakfast. After breakfast, begin a 5-hour descent via Mackinder`s valley to the Old
Moses camp (3,300m). The descent is gentle and it offers ample time to
enjoy fascinating scenery which includes the moorlands before reaching the camp.
Dinner and overnight at Old Moses camp.

After breakfast descend the last bit of the mountain from the met station via Naro Maro main gate for the short drive to Naro Maro town to catch your transport to Nairobi